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ESPN Soccernet is a website that provides comprehensive coverage of world football (soccer). Complete football information includes scores, statistics, and features of worldwide football.

History[link]

The website was established by father and son in 1995, initially providing live score updates, tables and news articles. Greg at that time worked for the Daily Mail and in order to gain capital effectively rescinded ownership of the site to his bosses in return for £40,000 and a revenue sharing scheme.^[1]

In 1999, Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG) acquired a controlling interest of 60 per cent in Soccernet from the Daily Mail and General Trust for £15m. It has since put additional features such as providing breaking news, match results, statistics and analysis for not only the leagues in England and Scotland but also for the rest of Europe, Latin America and other parts of the world. It is the world's most popular football site with more than 100 million page views per month.

ESPNSoccernet.com enjoyed record success in 2006, with more than 30 percent growth in unique users. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the site averaged more than 9.5 million page views per day, peaking with more than 14 million page views on June 22, a new record for daily traffic to the site.

ESPN Soccernet Presspass is a daily show that wraps up action in the soccer world for the day. The show can be watched on Soccernet's video player in the top right corner of the site, Soccernet Presspass also features on ESPN International's English speaking stations during commercial breaks. Soccernet Presspass is produced by ESPN International in Bristol, Connecticut, USA.

Key features[link]

Some of Soccernet's key features are a premium fantasy game and a twice weekly podcast hosted by Dan Mason and Jonathan Harris-Bass, as well as video content and features. For the first time ever ESPNSoccernet.com (in the US and Australia) is offering live coverage of all 125 UEFA Champions League matches via online pay-per-view, with each match available for $9.95 per match. Also, the website has numerous columns and forums which try to explain to the public some opinions about different issues in football, as well as giving some analysis on teams.

Regular contributors[link]

Some regular contributors to Soccernet include: Phil Ball, Derek Rae, Tommy Smyth, Shaka Hislop, Robbie Mustoe, Frank Leboeuf, Gabriele Marcotti, Janusz Michallik, Uli Hesse, Roberto Gotta, Ernst Bouwes, Dale Johnson, Dom Raynor, John Brewin, Jon Carter, Kevin Palmer, Norman Hubbard, Richard Jolly, Alice Munro, Jen Chang, Eduardo Alvarez, Ben Smith, Andy Brassell, Andy Moir, Nick Bidwell, Kevin Palmer, Robin Hackett, James Dall, Mark Lomas.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Soccer Times an associate of ESPN
• Buena Vista Acquires, Relaunches Soccernet

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Philippe Senderos

Personal information
Full name	Philippe Sylvain Senderos
Date of birth	(1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 27)
Place of birth	Geneva, Switzerland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Fulham
Number	14
Youth career
1992–2001	Servette
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2003	Servette	26	(3)
2003–2010	Arsenal	84	(4)
2008–2009	→ Milan (loan)	14	(0)
2010	→ Everton (loan)	2	(0)
2010–	Fulham	24	(1)
National team‡
	Switzerland U-17
2005–	Switzerland	44	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:16, 17 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:00, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Philippe Sylvain Senderos - (born 14 February 1985 in Geneva) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Fulham and the Switzerland national football team. Previously he has played for Servette, Arsenal, A.C. Milan and Everton.

Club career[link]

Servette[link]

Born to a Spanish father, Julián Senderos, and a Serbian mother, Zorica Novaković,^[2] Philippe came up through the youth team set up at Swiss club Servette.

Arsenal[link]

Senderos signed for Arsenal in December 2002, though he remained working at Servette until the following summer.^[3] During the 2005–06 season Senderos scored his first Arsenal goal in a 2–1 loss to West Bromwich Albion,^[4] and again in a 7–0 win over Middlesbrough.^[5] He produced some fantastic performances in Arsenal's run to the final of the Champions League in 2005-06, but towards the end of his career at the club his performances became more and more erratic. He was often seen by fans and media to be the blame of Arsenal's defensive woes.

A.C. Milan[link]

Senderos fell out of favour with Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger.^[6] In August 2008 Senderos joined Italian club Milan on a season-long loan.^[7] He quickly picked up an injury and struggled to make the first team ahead of Paolo Maldini and Kakha Kaladze, but finally made his first full appearance for the Rossoneri in a UEFA Cup Group Stage tie against Portuguese side Braga, and came on as a substitute for his first Serie A appearance against Fiorentina, after half the season had gone. Senderos made fourteen appearances in Serie A for Milan before returning to Arsenal.

Everton[link]

Senderos made only two appearances for Arsenal in 2009–10, both in the League Cup, and in January 2010 joined Everton for the remainder of the season,^[6] and wore the number 23, vacated by the departure of Lucas Neill.^[8] He made his first appearance for the club in a 1–0 win away against Wigan Athletic.^[9] He returned to Arsenal at the end of the season having made only three appearances for Everton (two in the Premier League and one in the Europa League).

Fulham[link]

In June 2010, Senderos signed a three-year deal with Fulham on a free transfer.^[10] On 9 August while training, Senderos tore his Achilles tendon.^[11] He underwent surgery and was expected to be out for 6 months.^[12] He finally made his debut for Fulham on 30 April 2011 against Sunderland. He made his second appearance for Fulham against Birmingham, helping the team to a clean sheet with a number of good tackles and clearances. On 21 April, he scored his first Premier League goal since joining Fulham as they beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 at Craven Cottage.^[13]

International career[link]

Senderos in action for Switzerland in November 2006 in a match against Brazil

Senderos is a former youth international and has played at all levels of football from the U15s upward for Switzerland, though he was also eligible to play for Spain or Serbia through his parents. He was captain of the Swiss U-17 squad that won the 2002 U-17 European Championships.^[14]

He made his full international debut in March 2005 in Switzerland's 0–0 draw against France in Paris. After playing in Switzerland's successful qualifying campaign, he was named in their 2006 FIFA World Cup squad. He started alongside Patrick Müller in all three of Switzerland's group matches, managing to score a goal in the third match against Korea Republic. He broke his nose and suffered shoulder ligament damage in the match, which ruled him out of the remainder of Switzerland's World Cup campaign. Senderos was also part of the Swiss squad at the UEFA Euro 2008 finals, appearing in all three group matches as the team failed to qualify for the knockout stages.

He was part of the Swiss national team at the 2010 World Cup. In the first match, where Switzerland shocked Spain 1–0,^[15] he was substituted in the 36th minute after injuring his ankle seriously in an accidental collision with teammate Stephan Lichtsteiner. Swiss coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said after the match, "He has a sprained ankle, possibly a ruptured ligament. If that is the case, it would be very difficult to replace him."^[16]

Personal life[link]

Senderos is a child of Serbian (Zorica Novković) and Spanish (Julián Senderos) immigrants.

Senderos speaks six languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Serbian.^[17] His brother Julien is a professional basketball player currently with Meyrin Grand-Saconnex and the Swiss national team.^[18]

During his time at Arsenal, fans dubbed him Swiss Tony. The name came from a character from The Fast Show, and was a pun on his nationality, and similar playing style to Tony Adams.^[19][20]

Honours[link]

With Arsenal[link]

Winner

• FA Cup: 2005
• FA Community Shield: 2004

International[link]

• UEFA U-17 European Champion: 2002

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Profile at fulhamfc.com
• Philippe Senderos at National-Football-Teams.com
• Philippe Senderos career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at sporting-heroes.net
• Premier League profile

Switzerland Squad v t e Switzerland squad – UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship 2002 Winners 1 König 2 Barnetta 3 Bühler 4 Siqueira-Barras 5 Senderos 6 Verdon 7 Milosavac 8 Antić 9 Dugic 10 Ziegler 11 Maksimovic 12 Würmli 13 Preisig 14 Burki 15 Schneuwly 16 Diethelm 17 Iten 18 Schlauri Coach: Markus Frei v t e Switzerland squad – 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Wölfli 2 P.Degen 3 Jaggy 4 Senderos 5 Eggimann 6 Rochat 7 Lichtsteiner 8 Barnetta 9 Shala 10 Chiumiento 11 Vonlanthen 12 Benaglio 13 Cerrone 14 Nef 15 Montandon 16 Callà 17 Bah 18 Kulaksızoğlu 19 Baumann 20 Zambrella 21 D.Degen 22 Portmann Coach: Challandes v t e Switzerland squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Zuberbühler 2 Djourou 3 Magnin 4 Senderos 5 Margairaz 6 Vogel (c) 7 Cabanas 8 Wicky 9 Frei 10 Gygax 11 Streller 12 Benaglio 13 Grichting 14 D. Degen 15 Džemaili 16 Barnetta 17 Spycher 18 Lustrinelli 19 Behrami 20 Müller 21 Coltorti 22 Yakin 23 P. Degen Coach: Kuhn v t e Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2008 1 Benaglio 2 Djourou 3 Magnin 4 Senderos 5 Lichtsteiner 6 Huggel 7 Cabanas 8 Inler 9 Frei (c) 10 Yakin 11 Streller 12 Derdiyok 13 Grichting 14 Gygax 15 G. Fernandes 16 Barnetta 17 Spycher 18 Zuberbühler 19 Behrami 20 Müller 21 Jakupović 22 Vonlanthen 23 Degen Coach: Kuhn v t e Switzerland squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Benaglio 2 Lichtsteiner 3 Magnin 4 Senderos 5 von Bergen 6 Huggel 7 Barnetta 8 Inler 9 Frei (c) 10 Nkufo 11 Behrami 12 Wölfli 13 Grichting 14 Padalino 15 Yakin 16 G. Fernandes 17 Ziegler 18 Bunjaku 19 Derdiyok 20 P. Schwegler 21 Leoni 22 Eggimann 23 Shaqiri Coach: Hitzfeld

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